NBA Fastbreak '98

NBA Fastbreak '98 is a basketball simulator released for the Sony PlayStation in 1997. It takes place during the 1997-98 National Basketball Association season. It was published by Midway Games and GT Interactive. Originally announced under the title "Hardwood Heroes",[4][5][6] the game was released with minimal changes as NBA Action 98 on Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows, published by Sega.[7] Another version was being developed by Z-Axis for the Nintendo 64 under the title "NBA Fast Break 64", with a prospective November 1997 release,[8] but it was cancelled.

NBA Fastbreak '98
NBA Action 98
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Release
  • NA: October 28, 1997 (PC, SAT)[1][2]
  • NA: November 21, 1997 (PS)[3]
  • EU: 1998 (PS, SAT)
Genre(s)Sports simulation
Mode(s)Single player

Reception

The Sega Saturn version of NBA Action 98 received favorable reviews, while the PC version and NBA Fastbreak '98 received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[9][10][11]

Jay Boor of IGN praised NBA Fastbreak '98's change from games using two dimensional sprites to 3D, as well as the actual NBA content (logos, players, uniforms, etc.) instead of being another generic basketball game. He did, however, criticize the gameplay as being "sluggish", citing that the "defense is always slower than the offense", making blocking difficult. Boor also criticized the crowd effect, comparing it to a "fizzled three-inch speaker"; and commented that the referee whistle "sounds like a cricket" and remarked upon the poor quality of the rim sounds. He remarked this as being disappointing "considering Midway's reputation for good sound effects".[25] Ryan MacDonald of GameSpot called Fastbreak '98 a "good first attempt", and commented that the game is decent, but not the best.[23]

References
  1. GameSpot staff (October 31, 1997). "VGS Game Calendar [date mislabeled as "April 26, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 22, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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  3. GameSpot staff (November 21, 1997). "VGS Game Calendar [date mislabeled as "April 26, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. EGM staff (October 1997). "Hardwood Heroes: Midway Embraces Realism and Slows Down the Pace". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 99. Ziff Davis. p. 188.
  5. Johnny Ballgame (October 1997). "NBA Hardwood Heroes (Preview)". GamePro. No. 109. IDG. p. 160. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. EGM staff (December 1997). "NBA Fastbreak '98 (Preview)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 101. Ziff Davis. p. 93. Midway is very close to releasing NBA Fastbreak '98 (the game formerly known as Hardwood Heroes).
  7. EGM staff (November 1997). "NBA Action '98: Sega Juices Up their Roundball Flagship". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. p. 51. If you look closely, however, you might recognize that this game is nearly identical to Midway's NBA Fast Break (formerly known as Hardwood Heroes), which is the PlayStation version of this game.
  8. "News Bits". GamePro. No. 109. IDG. October 1997. p. 32. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  9. "NBA Action 98 for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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  13. Kaiafas, Tasos (February 1998). "NBA Shoot Out (NBA Action 98)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 163. Ziff Davis. pp. 195–96. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  14. Kujawa, Kraig; Hsu, Dan; Ricciardi, John; Rickards, Kelly (February 1998). "NBA Fastbreak '98". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 103. Ziff Davis. p. 118. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  15. EGM staff (January 1998). "NBA Action 98 (Saturn)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 102. Ziff Davis.
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  18. Joe Kidd; The Rookie (December 1997). "NBA Fastbreak [98] and NBA Action [98]". GameFan. Vol. 5 no. 12. Metropolis Media. p. 114. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  19. Johnny Ballgame (February 1998). "NBA FastBreak '98". GamePro. No. 113. IDG. p. 104. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  20. The Rookie (January 1998). "NBA Action '98 (Saturn)". GamePro. No. 112. IDG. p. 116. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  21. Anderson, Tom (February 1998). "NBA Action '98 Review (PC)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on February 20, 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  22. Kaiafas, Tasos (January 6, 1998). "NBA Action 98 Review (PC) [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  23. MacDonald, Ryan (March 19, 1998). "NBA Fastbreak '98 Review [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 31, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  24. Lerhman, Darren (November 26, 1997). "NBA Action 98 Review (Saturn) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2005. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  25. Boor, Jay (November 20, 1997). "NBA Fast Break [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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  27. Smolka, Rob (June 1998). "NBA Action 98". PC Gamer. Vol. 5 no. 6. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 11, 2000. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
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